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- w. STEINBREDER AWNING FIXTURE Filed Jan. 13, 1923 Patented Get. 14, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

WILLIAM STEINBREDER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI. ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF 'IO BEEHLER STEEL PRODUCTS COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION OF MISSOURI.

AWNING FIXTURE.

Application filed January 13, 1923.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM STEIN- .BREDER, a citizen of the United States, a resident of the city of St. Louis and State of Missouri, have invented certain newv and useful Improvements in Awning Fixtures, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

This invention relates generally to awning fixtures, and particularly to an improved fixture to which the controlling rope of an awning may be secured whereby said awning may be retained in a. raised position.

As is well known, a type of awning is manufactured which is capable of being drawn upwardly so that said awning is folded against the upper portion of the window or door with which said awning is associated. Awnings of the type mentioned are very often provided with controlling ropes, which cooperate with the associated awning in such manner as to make it possible to raise or lower said awning by pulling said rope downwardly or permitting said rope to move upwardly. To retain the awning in a raised position it is necessary to secure the free end of the controlling rope to some permanent object, and it has been the practice to attach a suitable fixture to the door or window frame and to wind the controlling rope about this fixture.

Prior to this invention the rope-receiving fixtures mentioned above have been in the form of castings, and because of the characteristic weaknesses of small castings said rope-receiving fixtures were easily broken. The rope-receiving fixture disclosed in the present application has the same general. shape of the ropereceiving fixtures hereto fore used, but instead of bein in the form of castings each of said fixtures is stamped from piece of steel and is so shaped and reinforced to give additional strength to said fixture at the points where it would be most likely to break in the absence of such additional strength.

With the foregoing and other objects in View, the invention comprises the novel construction, combination and arrangement of par-ts hereinafter more specifically described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein is shown the preferred embodi- Serial No. 612,536.

ment of the invent-ion. However, it is to be understood that the invention comprehends changes, variations and modifications which come within the scope of the claim here unto appended.

Fig. l is a front elevation of my improved awning fixture.

Fig. H is a side elevation of the awning fixture shown in Fig. I, said fixture being shown attached to a door or window frame.

F ig. H1 is a vertical section through the awning fixture showing same attached to a door or window frame.

Fig. IV is a section on line lVIV of Fig. H1.

in the drawings, A designates my improved awning fixture which comprises a body portion 1 having a pair of curved arms 2. Formed through the body portion 1, of the fixture A is a plurality of apertures 3 adapted to receive fastening devices in the form of screws or similar devices, whereby said fixture may be secured to a permanent part of the door or window frame B. Formed around each of the apertures 3 is an annular strengthening rib 4:, a portion of the metal of the body portion 1 of the fixture A adjacent to the apertures 3 being forced outwardly t form said beads whereby the body portion 1 is strengthened at the points where portions of the metal of aid body portion are removed to form said apertures 3, thus offsetting the tendency of said apertures to weaken said body portion.

By referring to Fig. IV it will be seen that the arms 2 are dished in cross section, said arms being so shaped that they will have more strength than they would have if they were fiat in cross section.

I claim:

A rope-receiving fixture for awnings comprising a flat body portion and a pair of oppositely disposed curved arms, said body portion bein provided with a plurality of apertures adapted to receive fastening devices, and an annular strengthening rib surrounding each of said apertures, said arms being dished in cross section whereby the rigidity thereof is increased.

In testimony that I claim. the foregoing I hereunto afiix my signature.

WILLIAM STEINBREDER. 

